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Blog EntryCleaning documents polluted by copy-paste from MSWord
by Izak Burger on Sep 16, 2011
Blog EntryPostgresql's confusing authentication configuration
by Izak Burger on Aug 19, 2011
Most distributions ship postgresql configured in "ident" mode. This is the first thing a MySQL user changes.
Blog EntryHow to commit a transaction even when sqlalchemy thinks the session is clean
by Izak Burger on Aug 19, 2011
This happens when you call session.execute() or session.connection().execute()
Blog EntryHow to compile python2.4 packages for newer versions of ubuntu
by Izak Burger on Aug 16, 2011
Since Jaunty Jackalope, Ubuntu linux no longer ships with python2.4. You can compile it from source, but if you are like me, you want a package.
Blog EntryUsing XSLT to shorten some links
by Izak Burger on Aug 12, 2011
When plone uses resolveuid and relative linking, the link can often be much shorter
Blog EntryWhy I hate MySQL
by Izak Burger on Nov 09, 2010
Certain things in MySQL really really gets to me...
Blog EntryA Rogue Antivirus called Internet Security 2010
by Izak Burger on Jan 30, 2010
I don't use Windows. This is a religious conviction. As a rule I don't fix other people's Windows PC's either, because once you've done that anything that goes wrong is your fault. But every once in a while a really good friend asks you to help and you take pity on him.
Blog EntryVarnish, Zope and Backend Checking
by Izak Burger on Dec 03, 2009
I sent this explanation about some trouble we had with varnish's backend probing to a client a while ago. The information is useful enough that it should be in a blog post.
Blog EntryChoose your index carefully
by Izak Burger on Dec 01, 2009
When designing a relational database schema, just adding an index on every column that might be in involved in a where-clause might not be enough. It might be downright wrong.
Blog EntryA decorator for doing things in a subprocess
by Izak Burger on Jul 23, 2009
If you need to fork or drop privileges often, this will help.